Sunday, November 17, 2013

Lighting
deepam praying for wisdom in our life, good fortune and prosperity in
the family, and peace of souls is auspicious on this occasion - since
it marks the day when our Lord appeared as a Huge Pillar of Light of a
magnitude that even Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma could not Fathom the
extent of His Form completely. To commemorate that "Adi Mudi kaana
perunthOtram" - The Form with Unfathomable Beginning and End- every year
a grand jyothi is lit atop the Holy Arunaachala Hills.

Lord
Muruga (also called Kartikeya, Skanda, etc.) is also to be venerated
on this day since this day marks the day when His six Forms were united
into a single body and six-heads by the Embrace of Goddess Shakti.
This is symbolic of Focussing of our 5 indriyaas and the sixth faculty
of Reasoning by God's Grace to make ourselves fit for accomplishment of
tasks (just as Lord Muruga's six forms united into Shanmugha Form with
which He annihilated demons - the purpose of His Genesis straight from
Lord Shiva's Third Eye).